Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial
1969-1972
File 47
File documents Victor Prus's unrealized project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial design competition in Trenton, Ontario, in 1969, for which he won the First prize and was awarded of the Canadian Architect Award in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1969 and 1972. The file contains drawings, mainly presentation drawings, sketch paintings from artist Jordi Bonet, textual records such as correspondence, flats, a periodical issue with an article on the Memorial, a collage and an artefact. The file also includes a model of the memorial.
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Trenton Ontario Canada
Documents are in English and in French.
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2 drawing(s)
Black ink, graphite and transfer type on plastic film
sheets: 68.5 × 43.4 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
This group consists of one floor plan, a preliminary site plan and elevations for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial, in Trenton.
3 flat(s)
Flats with goldenrod masking paper
sheet (smallest): 31 × 23.2 cm sheet (largest): 30.4 × 25.5 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Collage of two of plans and an elevation for the Memorial with a newspaper article about Victor Prus and the project.
1 collage(s)
Collage (photographs and typescript on paper)
sheet: 25.7 × 24.1 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Architecture Canada Magazine, October 1969 issue, with an article on the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition and a mention of the winning design by Victor Prus.
1 serial(s)
serial: 42 × 29.4 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
1 flat(s)
Flat with goldenrod masking paper
sheet: 28.2 × 25.2 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Article about Victor Prus' winning competition design for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, in 1969.
1 flat(s)
Flat with goldenrod masking paper
sheet: 28.2 × 25.2 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Identification plate for a representation of the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
1 artefact(s)
Plastic
artefact: 7.5 × 12 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
5 painting(s)
Watercolour on cardboard mounted on carboard; ink on cardboard mounted on cardboard
sheet (smallest): 15 × 33.2 cm sheet (largest): 18.3 × 38.1 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
This group consists of correspondence and related documents, an agreement between the architect and the client and a brochure containing information about the design competition for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario. There are also site plans.
1 textual record(s)
Photocopies; coloured pencil on photocopies; typescript on paper
records: 0.01 l.m. sheet: 29 × 35.5 cm sheet (largest): 14.5 × 18 cm
- The plans are folded.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-35 T
1 reprographic copy(ies)
Diazotypes with ink inscriptions
sheet: 92 × 122.2 cm sheet (folded): 31.3 × 18.8 cm
- Folded.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
163-13-36 T
10 textual record(s)
Ink on paper; photocopies; diazotypes; typescript on paper
sheet (smallest): 28 × 21.7 cm sheet (largest): 34.6 × 76 cm sheet (largest; folded): 17.7 × 26.5 cm
- The diazotypes are folded.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-37 T
This group consists of notes and memorandums concerning works of art proposed for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
1 textual record(s)
Graphite on paper; typescript on paper; graphite and ink on paper; ink on paper
records: 0.01 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-38 T
This group consists of correspondence and related documents about the organ for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
3 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; typescript on vellum paper
sheets: 28 × 21.7 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-39 T
This group consists of correspondence and related documents concerning the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
15 textual record(s)
Graphite on paper; typescript on vellum paper; typescript on paper; photocopies; bound volume of photocopies
sheet (smallest): 28 × 21.7 cm sheet (largest): 29.4 × 19 cm
- Include one spiral bound volume.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-40 T
This group consists of correspondence and related documents concerning the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; typescript on vellum paper
records: 0.01 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-41 T
This group consists of a folder about Victor Prus's design project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario, and correspondence with the artist Jordi Bonet about his work for the Memorial murals.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper
sheet (smallest): 14.1 × 21.8 cm sheet (largest): 28 × 21.7 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in French and in English.
163-13-42 T
This group consists of a preliminary site plan and a floor plan for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
2 reprographic copy(ies)
Diazotype; diazotype with ink inscriptions
sheet (smallest): 67.2 × 38.2 cm sheet (smallest; folded): 26.4 × 19.4 cm sheet (largest): 63.7 × 73.2 cm sheet (largest; folded): 26.7 × 16.3 cm
- Folded.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
163-13-43 T
This group consists of a tourist map of Trenton for the Centennial project, documents containing information about the Royal Canadian Air Force and its history, and a brochure about the design competition for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario. There is also a competitor's report, promotional folders about the Victor Prus design, correspondence and related documents.
1 textual record(s)
Photocopies; typescript on paper
records: 0.02 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-44 T
This group consists of correspondence with a firm of consulting engineers about the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
14 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; typescript on vellum paper; photocopies
sheets: 28 × 21.7 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-13-45 T
This group consists of letters addressed to Victor Prus in conjunction with his victory of the design competition for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
13 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper
sheets: 28 × 21.7 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in French and in English.
163-13-46 T
The Canadian Architect, vol. 14, no. 10 (October 1969) issue with an article about the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial in Trenton, Ontario.
1 serial(s)
serial: 28.9 × 20.9 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
1 model(s)
model (approx.): 109 x 146 x 15
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
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